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to  Builaers  and  those  Interested 
in  Builamg  (t/^ Modern  rlomes 
at  LoAv  Cost  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^* 

ATT  "DT  A  "^TC  ^^'^  designs  issued  by  us 
-^^-L'-L'  ■t'^J-'-^^J-^  O  are  made  by  licensed 
architects  of  houses  that  have  actually  been  built.  They 
not  only  show  the  carpenter  and  contractor  the  best  up- 
to-date  methods  of  how  to  construct,  but  give  many 
valuable  suggestions  of  what  to  build,  and  about  the 
actual  cost  of  building.  This  series,  which  has  been 
compiled  and  edited  by  Mr.  Fred  T.  Hodgson,  Architect, 
contains  perspective  views  and  floor  plans  of  innumerable 
houses,  schools,  barns,  churches,  etc. 

"XT  7"P    ^"X/TCIT-r  y°"  to   bear  in  mind  that  our 

'^  '  -'-'  ^^  -Lw J.  X  plans  are  not  pwepared  by  stu- 
dents, but  are  houses  positively  built  in  different  locali- 
ties throughout  the  United  States  and  Canada.  The 
specification  blanks  and  blue  prints  furnished  by  us  are 
made  with  great  care,  and  will  enable  any  one  to  econom- 
ically construct  such  houses  as  desired  at  the  least  pos- 
sible cost. 


rrederick  J.  Drake  G^ Company 

ARCHITECTURAL  DEPARTMENT 
350-352  WABASH  AVE..  CHICAGO.  ILL. 


Hodgson's  Modern 
House  Building 

PERSPECTIVE    VIEWS  AND    FLOOR    PLANS 

OF    FIFTY    LOW    AND    MEDIUM 

PRICED    HOUSES 


FULL    AND    COMPLETE     WORKING     PLANS    AND     SPECIFICATIONS    OF 

ANY     OF     THESE     HOUSES     WILL     BE     MAILED     AT    THE 

LOW    PRICES    NAMED,    ON    THE    SAME    DAY 

THE    ORDER    IS    RECEIVED. 

ILLUSTRATED. 

Arranged  and  edited  by 
FRED.    T.   HODGSON 

AUTHOR     OF    "MODERN     CARPENTRY,"    "PRACTICAL    USES     OF     THE 

STEEL  SQUARE,"    VOL'S    I    AND    II;     "COMMON  SENSE    STAIR 

BUILDING."      "ARCHITECTURAL     DRAWING     SELF 

TAUGHT,"   "MODERN    ESTIMATOR  AND 

CONTRACTOR'S    GUIDE." 


SEND     ALL    ORDERS     FOR     PLANS    TO 

FREDERICK  J.    DRAKE   &    COMPANY 

ARCHITECTURAL    DEPARTMENT 

350-352  Wabash  Avenue,  CHICAGO,  ILL. 


COPYRIGHT,  1905 

BY 

FREDERICK  J.  DRAKE  &  CC 

CHICAGO 


PREFACE 

The  growth  of  a  wish  of  late,  among  the 
mercantile,  professional  and  working  classes, 
for  a  better  architectural  effect  in  houses 
designed  solely  for  themselves,  and  the  in- 
creased requirements  of  our  progressive  citi- 
zenship, are  facts  with  which  the  architect  of 
the  present  day  has  to  reckon,  if  his  practice 
runs  on  these  lines,  which  should  be  by  no 
means  an  uninteresting  branch  of  his  pro- 
fession. 

In  the  following  pages  an  effort  has  been 
made— and  one  which  we  think  has  been  com- 
pletely successful— to  produce  just  such  houses 
as  will  meet  these  wider  and  commendable 
aspirations  of  the  great  bulk  of  the  American 
people  to  own  and  live  in  houses  that  are 
comfortable,  healthy  and  of  the  very  best 
design  commensurable  with  their  cost.  The 
works  of  the  best  architects  in  this  line  have 
been  secured,  and  care  has  been  taken  that 
each  plan,  elevation  and  detail,  and  general 
character  of  finish,  internal  and  external,  will 


iv  PREFACE 

harmonize  and  be  in  keeping  with  the  whole 
when  completed. 

To  design  a  house  complete  throughout 
within  close  economic  limits,  is  one  of  the 
most  difficult  propositions  an  architect  can 
undertake;  yet,  we  find  very  handsome  and 
comfortable  houses  designed  and  built,  for  a 
sum  so  small  that  it  becomes  a  matter  of 
amazement  when  the  cost  and  building  are 
compared  with  the  cost  of  buildings  no  better 
or  larger.  This  result  is  not  a  matter  of  hap- 
hazard, it  is  the  finishing  stroke  of  genius  and 
painstaking;  and  we  have  hunted  over  the 
whole  of  this  great  country,  from  Galveston 
to  Alaska,  and  Maine  to  the  Pacific  coast,  for 
artists  gifted  with  this  rare  power,  and  we 
confess  to  having  found  but  a  few,  and  we 
have  not  been  slow  in  securing  the  services  of 
most  of  those  found;  and  this  fact  gives  us 
unbounded  confidence  in  the  quality  of  the 
work  we  present  herewith  to  our  readers,  as 
we  feel  certain  that  no  work  ever  before  pub- 
lished in  this  or  in  any  other  country  can  show 
such  comfortable,  cosy,  and  artistic  houses  as 
can  this  book  and  our  Hodgson's  "Low  Cost 
American  Homes." 


PREFACE  V 

No  head  of  a  family,  no  matter  what  his 
condition  in  Hfe  may  be,  can  look  over  the 
house  plans  presented  in  this  work  without 
being  able  to  find  one  or  other  design  that 
will  suit  him  both  as  to  lay-out  and  cost,  unless 
he  be  a  person  of  large  means  and  desires  a 
mansion  or  a  villa,  and  for  such  persons  this 
book  is  not  intended. 

Convenience,  facility  in  doing  the  family 
work,  and  pleasantness  of  internal  aspect  and 
arrangements,  have  been  the  aims  of  our 
architects  in  preparing  these  designs,  for,  like 
ourselves,  they  believed  that  every  improve- 
ment in  the  abodes  of  men  and  women  which 
renders  them  more  neat,  comfortable,  and 
pleasing,  contributes  not  only  to  physical  en- 
joyment, but  to  mental  and  moral  advance- 
ment. This  idea,  so  important  and  encourag- 
ing, has  been  considered  in  every  design 
presented,  and  an  endeavor  throughout  has 
been  made  to  exhibit  correct  principles  in  art, 
and  to  foster  a  pure  and  just  taste,  for  in  these 
alone  is  to  be  found  a  corrective  power  that 
can  check  the  universal  tendency  to  imita- 
tion—a passion  which  almost  invariably  pre- 
fers the  meretricious  to  the  true. 


VI 


PREFACE 


The  correctness  of  these  plans  is  guaranteed 
by  the  fact  that  each  one  of  them  has  been 
submitted  to  an  expert  builder  in  order  to  dis- 
cover if  any  discrepancies  existed  after  leaving 
the  architect's  study,  and  to  see  whether  the 
specifications  and  plans  agreed;  and  we  may 
add,  that  many  houses  have  been  erected 
direct  from  plans  published  in  this  work,  and 
we  have  yet  to  hear  the  first  complaint. 
These  facts  are  significant,  inasmuch  as  they 
show  that  almost  any  country  mechanic  can 
follow  the  plans  without  difficulty,  and  com- 
plete his  building  to  the  satisfaction  of  all 
concerned. 

With  regard  to  the  estimated  cost  of  the 
buildings  as  published,  we  may  say  right  here, 
that  to  give  figures  that  will  stand  for  all  time 
and  for  all  localities,  is  an  impossible  task. 
The  mercurial  conditions  of  the  markets 
where  materials  and  labor  are  concerned,  pre- 
vent anything  in  the  shape  of  fixed  figures  of 
cost.  What  may  be  the  correct  cost  to-day 
will  very  likely  be  too  much  or  too  little  to- 
morrow, and  what  may  be  correct  in  Chicago 
will  be  astray  in  Portland,  Oregon,  or  in  Pitts- 
burg, Pa.,  so  that  figures  given  showing  the 


PREFACE  vii 

probable  cost  of  any  structure,  no  matter 
where  the  figures  are  given,  should  be  looked 
upon  with  suspicion,  and  never  accepted  as 
being  correct.  The  published  cost  of  build- 
ings such  as  we  exhibit  in  the  present,  show 
simply  the  amounts  the  building  i.^ould  cost  at 
this  writing  and  in  or  near  the  city  oj  Chicago. 
To-morrow  the  amounts  may  be  all  wrong. 
We  wish  this  phase  of  the  subject  thoroughly 
impressed  on  the  minds  of  the  purchaser  of 
this  work;  then  no  misapprehension  of  our 
intention  can  occur. 

The  cost  of  the  buildings  illustrated,  as  pub- 
lished, will  always  remain  approximate,  and 
will  give  the  intending  builder  a  fair  idea  of 
what  his  house  should  cost,  but  we  would  in 
every  case  advise  that  tenders  for  the  work  be 
asked  for,  either  in  bulk  or  for  the  separate 
trades;  then  there  can  be  no  mistakes  made  as 
far  as  the  cost  of  the  whole  work  is  con- 
cerned. 

We  send  out  this  little  book  to  the  great 
American  Public  with  a  feeling  of  confidence, 
knowing  it  will  be  appreciated  by  all  those 
who  have  a  desire  to  uplift  the  architectural 
taste  of  the  people,  and  to  add  to  their  natural 


viii  PREFACE 

comforts  and  happiness;  and  should  this  pro- 
duction be  the  means,  in  ever  so  small  a  meas- 
ure, of  accomplishing  these  ends  it  will  be 
most  gratifying  and  comforting  to  the 

Publishers. 


TFIE    PLAN    BOOK 


INTRODUCTORY 

"When  we  mean  to  build, 
We  first  survej'  the  plat,  then  draw  the  model; 
And,  when  we  see  the  figure  of  the  house, 
Then  must  we  rate  the  cost  of  erection ; 
Which,  if  we  find  outweighs  ability, 
What  do  we  then  but  draw  anew  the  model 
In  fewer  offices;  or,  at  least,  desist 
To  build  at  all?    Much  more  in  this  great  work 
(Which  is  almost  to  pluck  a  kingdom  down. 
And  set  another  up)  should  we  survey 
The  plat  of  situation,  and  the  model ; 
Consent  upon  a  sure  foundation ; 
Question  Surveyors ;  know  our  own  estate, 
How  able  such  a  work  to  undergo ; 
To  weigh  against  his  opposite :  or  else 
We  fortify  in  paper  and  in  figures. 
Using  the  names  of  men  instead  of  men: 
Like  one  that  draws  the  model  of  a  house 
Beyond  his  power  to  build  it ;  who,  half  through. 
Gives  o'er,  and  leaves  his  part-created  cost 
A  naked  subject  to  the  weeping  clouds. 
And  waste  for  churlish  winter's  tyranny." 

— King  Henry  IV,  Act  i,  Scene  3. 

As  Shakespeare  says,  when  a  man  is  about 

to  build   a  house,   "he   must  first  survey   the 

plat."     That  is,  he  must  first  consider  the  site; 

indeed,    this   is   one   of    the   most    important 

U 


12  INTRODUCTORY 

things  that  should  enter  into  the  consideration 
of  a  person  who  is  about  to  build  himself  a 
home.  Often  there  can  be  no  choice  in  the 
matter,  particularly  if  the  intending  builder  is 
limited  in  means  and  compelled  to  purchase  a 
small  lot  in  village,  town  or  city,  but  even  then 
something  may  be  done  to  make  the  home 
more  cheery  and  more  comfortable  than  it 
otherwise  would  be  if  forethought  had  not 
been  employed  in  placing  the  house,  for  it 
must  never  be  forgotten  that  a  mistake  made 
in  placing  a  house  cannot  be  rectified  after  the 
building  is  perpetuated  in  stone,  bricks  and 
mortar,  or  wood,  only  at  large  expense  and 
trouble. 

After  the  plan  of  a  house  has  been  decided 
upon,  there  follows  the  placing  of  it,  but 
before  doing  this  the  prevailing  winds  and  the 
dashing  rains  should  be  considered,  and  the 
rooms  most  used  should  be  placed  on  the  side 
or  end  least  affected  by  these  or  similar 
storms.  When  the  grounds  are  large  the 
house  should  be  placed  on  a  moderate  eleva- 
tion, or  raised  high  by  a  stone  foundation. 
The  matter  of  drainage  should  also  be  consid- 
ered and  ample  provision  made  for  getting  rid 


INTRODUCTORY  13 

of  sewage.  In  the  north  and  west  have  the 
living  part  of  the  house,  verandas  and  porches 
on  the  south  side,  or  as  nearly  so  as  conditions 
will  allow.  A  very  good  front  may  be  obtaine  i 
by  facing  the  house  southeast.  When  it  can 
be  done,  have  the  house  back  from  the  street 
or  road.  This  gives  opportunity  for  a  lawn, 
shrubbery  and  trees. 

Speaking  of  sz'/es,  a  noted  author  says: 
"First,  the  aspect  due  north  is  apt  to  be 
gloomy,  because  no  sunshine  ever  cheers  a 
room  so  placed. 

"Secondly,  the  aspect,  due  east  is  not  much 
better,  because  there  the  sun  only  shines 
whilst  we  are  in  bed. 

"Thirdly,  the  aspect  due  west  is  intolerable, 
from  the  excess  of  sun  dazzling  the  eyes  dur- 
ing the  greatest  part  of  the  day." 

This  being  the  cas'e,  we  may  conclude  that 
a  square  house  placed  with  front  opposite  the 
cardinal  points,  will  have  one  good  and  three 
bad  aspects. 

If  the  ground  on  which  the  house  is  to  be 
built  is  of  a  loose,  porous  soil,  so  much  the 
better;  if  it  be  wet  or  formed  of  damp  cla}'^ 
good  drainage    must    be    provided,  and  care 


14  INTRODUCTORY 

taken  to  lay  good  damp  courses  in  the  walls 
of  the  house,  or  it  will  always  be  damp  and 
chilly.  Pure  dry  sand  or  gravel  make  excel- 
lent sites  for  building  purposes,  and  next  to 
these  rocky  soils  may  be  chosen,  but  above 
all  beware  of  made  lands,  for  often  such  places 
are  nothing  more  or  less  than  death-traps. 

Wherever  possible  a  cellar  or  basement 
should  be  excavated  under  the  whole  house, 
for  several  reasons.  Where  this  cannot  be 
done,  or  the  cost  is  too  much,  have  a  cellar 
under  the  kitchen  anyway.  The  cellar  is  one 
of  the  most  useful  places  in  a  house. 

If  a  house  is  built  in  corporation  limits 
where  there  is  a  water  system,  of  course  the 
water  supply  will  be  all  right,  but  where  a  well 
or  a  cistern  supplies  the  water,  care  must  be 
taken  that  no  cesspool,  privy  vault  or  other 
similar  objectionable  excavations  be  within  at 
least  seventy-five  feet  from  the  well  or  cistern. 
Wells  in  country  places  are  usually  sunk  but 
to  a  limited  depth,  and  the  liquid  sewage  from 
cesspools  soaks  through  the  porous  subsoil 
down  to  the  water  stratum,  and  carries  with  it 
the  germs  of  typhoid  and  other  dangerous 
diseases.     If  the  water  is  obtained  from  a  well 


INTRODUCTORY  15 

bored  in  the  rock  anywhere  from  forty  to  one 
hundred  feet  in  depth,  it  may  be  considered 
fairly  good  and  free  from  dangerous  germs. 

Household  waste  should  be  run  into  the 
cesspool,  and  the  kitchen  sink  should  also  be 
connected  with  the  cesspool  by  a  good-sized 
waste-pipe  which  is  well  "trapped"  both  at  the 
house  end  and  near  the  exit;  it  should  also  be 
well  ventilated.  Without  there  can  be  a  con- 
nection with  a  water  supply  system,  there 
should  be  no  closets  in  the  house.  The  privies 
should  be  some  distance  from  the  house,  hid- 
den by  trees,  shrubbery,  or  high  screen.  The 
privy  vault  should  be  lined  with  stone  or  with 
plank,  and  should  be  so  arranged  that  the 
contents  may  readily  be  removed.  Privies  are 
always  objectionable  necessaries  for  several 
reasons.  They  are  usually  unsightly,  they 
pollute  the  air  and  soil,  taint  the  water  and 
render  living  near  them  disagreeable.  Earth 
or  ash  closets  are  far  superior  to  the  ordinary 
privy,  and  are  easily  constructed  and  as  easily 
kept  clean  and  sweet.  These  may  be  put  up 
in  the  back  shed,  so  that  persons  who  have  to 
use  them  need  not  be  compelled  to  face  the 
cold  and  storms  to  reach   them.     The  earth- 


16  INTRODUCTORY 

manure  can  be  advantageously  made  use  of  in 
the  kitchen  garden  or  on  the  flower  beds,  or 
else  it  may  be  disposed  of  to  persons  who  want 
that  kind  of  stuff  for  their  gardens  or  farms. 

No  house  should  be  without  a  bath-room  or 
at  least  a  bath-tub.  Where  there  is  no  water 
supply,  the  tub  might  be  placed  as  near  to  the 
kitchen  as  possible,  and  on  the  same  floor,  so 
that  hot  and  cold  water  may  be  conveyed  to  it 
with  little  trouble.  The  waste  water  should 
be  run  off  to  the  cesspool;  the  pipes  maybe 
connected  with  the  waste-pipe  from  the 
kitchen  sink. 

The  manner  of  warming  a  house  will  depend 
very  much  on  conditions.  In  houses  such  as 
are  exhibited  in  this  volume,  every  method  of 
heating  can  be  employed.  The  unpretentious 
cottage  without  a  regular  water  supply  may  be 
warmed  by  open  fireplaces,  stoves  or  hot-air 
furnaces,  and  the  more  expensive  buildings, 
where  a  supply  of  water  under  pressure  is 
available,  by  steam  or  hot  water. 

The  open  fireplace  in  a  severe  climate  is 
practically  useless,  unless  it  be  for  ventilation 
or  artistic  purposes,  as  about  85  per  cent  of  the 
heat   goes   up  the   chimney,   a  matter  which 


INTRODUCTORY  17 

means  a  great  waste  of  fuel.  In  the  spring 
and  fall  of  the  year,  an  open  fireplace  is  a  nice 
thing  to  have  in  the  house,  as  then  a  little  fire 
heat  goes  a  long  way.  They  are  ornamental 
and  give  to  a  room  a  home-like  and  cosy 
appearance. 

Coal  stoves  are  probably  the  best  heating 
appliance  for  small  cottages,  particularly  if 
they  are  of  the  self-feeding  kind,  as  then  reg- 
ular fires  can  be  kept  going  all  night  long 
without  requiring  any  mending;  a  very  com- 
forting condition. 

Hot-air  furnaces  may  be  used  to  advantage 
in  the  smaller  houses,  but  they  should  always 
be  placed  in  that  part  of  the  basement  where 
the  prevailing  winds  strike,  as  no  matter  how 
tight  and  close  the  walls  of  a  house  may  be 
built  there  will  always  be  a  current  of  air 
forced  through  them;  this  current  will  control 
the  direction  of  the  hot  air. 

When  water  under  pressure  is  available, 
steam  or  hot-water  heating  is  far  the  better 
mode.  In  either  case,  the  heat  can  be  directed 
and  governed,  two  very  important  matters  in 
heating.  Both  these  methods  of  heating  are 
expensive  at  first,  but  when  installed,  they  are 


18  INTRODUCTORY 

the  most  economical  to  run,  as  the  amount  of 
fuel  required  to  heat  the  whole  house  will  be 
very  much  less  than  if  stoves  or  hot-air  meth- 
ods were  employed.  Of  the  two  methods,  the 
writer  prefers  the  hot-water  for  several  rea- 
sons that  are  not  necessary  to  mention  here, 
but  it  may  be  taken  for  granted  that  hot- 
water  heating  when  properly  installed  will  in 
every  case  give  complete  satisfaction  in 
domestic  work.  For  large  buildings,  such  as 
hotels,  factories,  hospitals,  etc.,  steam  answers 
the  purpose  better  perhaps  than  hot  water. 
It  should  be  understood  that  for  both  hot- 
water  and  steam  heating  the  furnaces  or  boil- 
ers should  be  below  the  level  of  the  main 
floor,  which  in  most  cases  necessitates  a  cellar 
or  basement. 

A  square  kitchen  will  generally  be  found  to 
be  the  handiest  to  work  in,  but  sometimes  it 
is  found  impossible  to  have  a  room  of  such  a 
shape.  It  should  contain,  besides  the  regular 
stove  or  range,  a  sink  with  large  drip-board, 
large  china  cupboard,  plenty  'of  shelf  room 
and  an  abundance  of  hooks  to  carry  pans  -^nd 
other  cooking  utensils.  The  Hoors  should  be 
of  hardwood  laid  in  narrow  strips.     It  should 


INtRODUCTORV  Id 

also  contain  a  good  solid  kitchen  table,  and  a 
dresser,  and  be  supplied  with  hot  and  cold 
water.  As  the  kitchen  is  the  "stomach  of  the 
house,"  it  should  be  well  supplied  with  all 
sorts  of  kitchen  appliances. 

When  the  rooms  of  a  house  are  being  laid 
out  by  the  carpenter,  before  he  puts  up  his 
partitions  it  is  a  simple  m.atter  to  so  make  the 
dimensions  of  each  room  that  a  carpet  can 
be  fitted  to  it  without  having  to  cut  in  the 
direction  of  its  length.  One  dimension  of  the 
room  can  always  be  arranged  so  that  no  cut- 
ting of  carpet  will  be  necessary.  The  stand- 
ard widths  of  carpets  ire  three-quarters  of  a 
yard,  or  27  inches,  and  one  yard,  or  36  inches, 
and  bearing  these  facts  in  mind,  the  carpenter 
can  always  manage  so  as  to  place  his  parti- 
tions to  suit  the  proper  widths.  A  room  that 
is  8  or  10  inches  over  an  even  number  of 
widths  of  carpet  is  a  nuisance  and  makes  it  an 
expensive  matter,  as  a  whole  strip  of  carpet 
must  be  split  in  order  to  fill  up  the  space. 
Heavy  carpets  should  not  be  tacked  down;  if 
properly  laid,  they  will  be  better  for  being 
loose. 

In  most  of  the  plans  given  in  this  volume 


20  INTRODUCTORY 

the  dining-room  is  longer  than  it  is  wide,  and 
this  is  a  good  feature,  as  it  enables  the  hostess 
to  seat  more  people  at  table  than  could  be  in 
a  square  room  having  the  same  area.     This 
room  should  always  contain  a  side-board,  and 
if  cost  does  not  interfere,  a  dainty  little  china 
or  glass  closet.     This  latter  may  be  hung  on 
the  wall  the  same  as  a  small  cabinet.     The 
colors  in  this  room  should  be  light  and  cheery 
and   the    furnishing    in   keeping.      A   dining- 
table  varies  from  3  feet  6  inches  to  4  feet  6 
inches  wide,  and  there  should  be  room  for  one 
6  feet  to  7  feet  long,  and  more  at  times,  and  a 
sideboard,   one    or    two    armchairs,   often    a 
couch,  or  settee,  and  if  there  is  no  study,  the 
books  of  the  house  and  a  writing  table  may 
be  here  also.      The   room,  therefore,  should 
not  be  too  small  (as  it  often  is),  and  in  this 
room  in  particular  it  is  well  to  remember  that 
doubling  the  area  will  not  double  the  cost  of  a 
room.     The  best  aspect  for  this  room  is  south- 
east.    Where  this  room  is  general  living  room 
as  well  as  dining-room,  a  large  bay  or  tran- 
sept, making  the  room  "L"-shaped,  gives  an 
interesting  as  well  as  convenient  room.     The 
bay  is  purely  living  room,  the  other  end  of  the 


INTRODUCTORY  21 

"L"  having  the  dining-table;  the  remaining 
portion  has  the  fireplace,  and  may  be  consid- 
ered as  belonging  to  each  branch  of  the  "L" 
in  turn. 

The  parlor,  which  is  supposed  to  be  the 
"show  room"  of  the  house  and  the  one  on 
which  the  most  money  is  spent  in  decorating 
and  furnishing,  is  generally  the  most  difficult 
to  deal  with  in  regard  to  decoration  and  color. 
In  most  cases,  persons  going  into  a  new  house 
have  most  of  their  furniture  on  hand,  and 
when  this  is  the  case,  the  color  of  the  room, 
carpets,  etc.,  should  harn?onize  with  the  furni- 
ture. In  these  days  of  general  prosperity  and 
advancement,  the  humblest  artisan  will  gener- 
ally manage  to  procure  for  the  use  of  his  wife 
or  children  either  a  piano  or  an  organ;  and 
this  should  constitute  the  color  motive  for  the 
whole  parlor.  Generally  the  finer  taste  of  the 
good  housewife  will,  if  conditions  will  admit 
of  it,  arrange  the  color  in  the  parlor  much 
better  than  the  man  of  the  house,  she  know- 
ing what  furniture  she  has  to  display,  and  pos- 
sessing a  keener  color  instinct.  If  all  the 
furniture  and  hangings  are  to  be  new,  then  a 
complete  color  scheme   may  be  laid   out   in 


n  INTRODUCTORY 

accordance  with  the  taste  of  the  parties  who 
are  to  occupy  the  house. 

The  hall  should  be  made  to  look  cheerful, 
as  the  first  impressions  on  the  visitor  are  made 
in  this  room,  and  they  stay  after  all  the  memo- 
ries of  other  rooms  have  faded  away.  Light, 
cheerful  paper  should  be  used  if  paper  is  used 
at  all,  and  the  woodwork  should  be  tinted  in 
lively  tones.  The  stairway  should  be  made  to 
look  inviting,  and  the  whole  hallway  and 
entrance  should  show  a  "hearty  welcome" 
from  every  point  of  view. 

Bed-rooms  should  have  plenty  of  light,  and 
children's  bed-rooms  should  be  made  as  light 
and  cheerful  as  circumstances  will  permit. 
The  walls  might  be  tinted  rose  or  pink,  or  be 
covered  with  bright  terra-cotta  paper,  and  the 
walls  should  have  a  goodly  supply  of  cheerful 
pictures  hung  on  them  so  that  the  children 
may  see  them  in  a  morning  when  awakening 
from  sleep.  An  abundance  of  good  fresh  air 
should  make  its  way  into  the  room  during  the 
day.  and  a  fair  supply,  without  draft,  should 
be  admitted  at  night. 

These  few  hints,  I  hope,  will  be  of  more  or 
less  service  to  those  who  buy  this  book  with  a 


INTRODUCTORY  23 

view  of  building  after  some  one  of  the  plans  it 
contains. 

It  may  be  that  in  some  instances  the  plans 
shown  may  be  just  what  is  desired,  but  they 
happen  to  be  in  a  reverse  position.  This  is  a 
matter  that  is  easily  rectified,  as  any  carpen- 
ter, having  the  usual  amount  of  knowledge 
workmen  possess,  can  readily  work  the  plan 
either  way.  The  measurements  will  always 
be  the  same  and  it  is  only  a  matter  of  laying 
out  the  work  in  a  reversed  manner  to  that 
shown  on  the  plans.  A  simple  method  of 
overcoming  this  difficulty — if  difficulty  it  is — is 
to  hang  up  the  drawing  in  a  window  pressed 
against  the  glass,  face  or  blue  side  out,  and 
have  a  strong  light  pass  through  the  glass  and 
the  drawings;  then  the  dimensions  and  details 
can  be  taken  off  from  the  inside  of  the  paper. 
This,  of  course,  is  only  an  expediency,  but  it 
does  very  well  in  the  absence  of  a  set  of 
reverse  plans. 

The  plans  also  may  be  reversed  by  the  use 
of  thin  paper  on  which  a  tracing  from  the 
original  is  made.  The  back  of  the  paper  will 
show  the  reverse  plan,  on  which  the  figuring 
and  reference  letters  or  other  printing  may  be 


24  INTRODUCTORY 

written  in,  the  reverse  of  the  original.     This 
is  a  very  simple  matter,  and  the  skillful  work 
man  will  scarcely  bother  his  head  about  mak- 
ing any  reverse  plan,  but  will  work  out  all  his 
wants  from  the  original  blue  print. 


6^y^What  our  Plans  Consist 


ALL  OF  OUR  PLANS  are  accurately 
drawn  one-quarter  inch  scale  to  the 
foot. 

We  use  only  the  best  quality  heavy 
Gallia  Blue  Print  Paper  No.  loooX,  taking  every 
precaution  to  have  all  the  blue  prints  of  even 
color  and  every  line  and  figure  perfect  and 
distinct. 

We  furnish  for  a  complete  set  of  plans  : 

FRONT  ELEVATION 

REAR  ELEVATION 

LEFT  ELEVATION 

RIGHT  ELEVATION 

ALL  FLOOR  PLANS 

CELLAR  AND  FOUNDATION  PLANS 

ALL  NECESSARY  INTERIOR  DETAILS 

Specifications  consist  of  several  pages  of 
typewritten  matter,  gixing  full  instructions  for 
carrying  out  the  work. 

We  guarantee  all  plans  and  specifications 
to  be  full,  complete  and  accurate  in  every  par- 
ticular. Every  plan  being  designed  and  drawn 
by  a  licensed  architect. 

Our  equipment  is  so  complete  that  we  can 
mail  to  you  the  same  day  the  order  is  received, 
a  complete  set  of  plans  and  specifications  of 
any  house  illustrated  herein. 

Our  large  sales  of  these  plans  demonstrates 
to  us  the  wisdom  of  making  these  very  low 
prices. 

ADDRESS  ALL  ORDERS  TO 

FREDERICK  J.  DRAKE  &  CO. 

Architectural  Department 
350-352  Wabash  Avenue  CHICAGO 


INDEX 


Blue  Prints 

Blue  Prints 

No. 

Estimated 

and 

No. 

Estimated 

and 

Cost 

Specifica- 

cost 

Specifica- 

tions 

tions 

1501 

$     900.00 

$  5.00 

2116 

1,775.00 

8.00 

1502 

1,300.00 

6.00 

2117 

1,700.00 

8.00 

1503 

1,200.00 

6.00 

2118 

1,850.00 

8  00 

1504 

800.00 

6.00 

2119 

1,700.00 

8.00 

1505 

1,300.00 

6.00 

2120 

1,675.00 

7.00 

1506 

1,250.00 

6.00 

2121 

1.900.00 

8.00 

1507 

1,250.00 

6.00 

2122 

1.900.00 

8,00 

1508 

900.00 

5.00 

2123 

2,500.00 

10.00 

1509 

900  00 

5.00 

2124 

900.00 

5.00 

1510 

900.00 

5.00 

2125 

1,500.00 

7.00 

1511 

1,300.00 

6.00 

2126 

2,000.00 

15.00 

1512 

1,300.00 

6.00 

2127 

1,300.00 

6.00 

1513 

1,300.00 

6.00 

2128 

1,2.50.00 

6  00 

1514 

800.00 

5.00 

2129 

850.00 

5.00 

1515 

1,350.00 

6.00 

2130 

500  (JO 

5.00 

1516 

1,000.00 

5.00 

2131 

450  00 

5.00 

1517 

1,100.00 

6.00 

2132 

.500.00 

5.00 

1518 

900.00 

5.00 

2133 

325.00 

5.00 

1519 

800.00 

5.00 

2134 

1,200.00 

6.00 

1520 

1,000.00 

6.00 

2135 

1,200.00 

6.00 

1521 

900.00 

5.00 

2136 

2,000.00 

10  00 

1522 

1,200.00 

6.00 

2137 

1,600  00 

8.00 

1523 

950.00 

5.00 

2138 

.500.00 

5.00 

1524 

1,000.00 

6.00 

2139 

1,600.00 

8.00 

1525 

1,100.00 

6.00 

2140 

2,100.00 

10.00 

1526 

850.00 

5.00 

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